Tuesday, November 6, 2012

There is a session of the same title as this blog post being organized by collaegues in the Earthtemp initiative www.earthtemp.net at next year's EGU meeting. The session details from the EGU meeting website are:

The overarching motivation for this session is the need for better
understanding of in-situ measurements and satellite observations to
quantify surface temperature (ST). The term "surface temperature"
encompasses several distinct temperatures that differently characterize
even a single place and time on Earth’s surface, as well as encompassing
different domains of Earth’s surface (surface air, sea, land, lakes and
ice). Different surface temperatures play inter-connected yet distinct
roles in the Earth’s surface system, and are observed with different
complementary techniques.

There is a clear need and appetite to improve the interaction of
scientists across the in-situ/satellite 'divide' and across all domains
of Earth's surface. This will accelerate progress in improving the
quality of individual observations and the mutual exploitation of
different observing systems over a range of applications.

This session invites oral and poster contributions that emphasize
sharing knowledge and make connections across different domains and
sub-disciplines. They can include, but are not limited to, topics like:

* How to improve remote sensing of ST in different environments

* Challenges from changes of in-situ observing networks over time

* Current understanding of how different types of ST inter-­relate

* Nature of errors and uncertainties in ST observations

* Mutual/integrated quality control between satellite and in-situ observing systems.

If you are interested in attending abstracts need to be submitted by Jan 9th 2013.

We will run a guest post by the Earthtemp organizers in the coming weeks outlining what their effort involves and how it is synergistic with the International Surface Temperature Initiative. Watch this space ...